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N0. 604,314. Patnted May 17,1898.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN F. GOULD, OF MAOHIAS, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CLEMENT B.DONWORTH, OF SAME PLACE.

CANDY-MACHINE.

SIEECIEAICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,314, dated May17, 1898.

Application filed August 12, 1897. Serial No.' 648,026. (No modelJMaine, have invented certain new and usefulV Improvements inCandy-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to a novel construction in acutting-machine, and is designed more especially for use incutting candyinto the required lengths.

The object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive and durablemachine which is simple in construction and eective in operation.

The invention consists in the features of construction hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cutting-machine constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame.Fig. 3 is a front end elevation. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section.Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail perspective views which will be understoodin connection with the following description.

Referring now to said drawings, 1 indicates a bed consisting of uprightside pieces 2 and rear end piece 3. On the inner face of each of theside pieces 2 are the longitudinal strips 4, upon which the travelingboard 5 rests and moves. Near the front end of the frame or bed 1 arethe uprights 6, secured to the side pieces 2 thereof and which areconnected at their upper ends by the cross-piece 7. The said travelingboard 5 is long enough to extend from the rear end of the bed alittledistance past the uprights 6, and I prefer to employ a plate 8, thatextends from the end of the board 5 to the end ofthe bed. The said plateserves to form a continuation of the board to prevent any pieces restingthereon from fallinginto the bed thereof,'and is pushed out as the boardproceeds. The said uprights 6 are provided on. their inner faces withupright guides to receive the knife 9,-

which is suitably mounted in said guides in any approved manner.

The devices for moving the knife 9 consist of a lever 10, that ispivoted midway between the ends and near the upper edge of the knife bythe pivot 1l and having one end extending toward the upright at the nearside of the machine and extending into the recess or slot 12 therein.Within this slot 12 and above the lever lOis an antifriction-roller13,against which the lever 10 bears when the knife is being forceddownwardly. Upon the opposite upright is another slot 12 andantifriction-roller 13, in which is situated the end of theoperating-lever 14. This operating-lever extends across and beyond theother side of the machine and is pivoted to thev end of the lever 10 bymeans of a pivot 15, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. It will be seen from theforegoing description that upon lifting the operating-lever 14 thefulcrum is between the end of this lever and the bottom of theslot,while the work is at the pivot 15 and causes the lever l0 to movewith the fulcrum between its end and the bottom of the slot in which itis situated, while the work is done by the pivot 11. It is seen alsothat by moving the end of the operating-lever down the knife is movedwith great power and that the fulcrum of the two levers is between theirends and the antifriction-rollers situated in these slots. I have alsoprovided devices for moving the board by reason of the movement of thisoperatinglever as well as for controlling the extent to which the knifecan be moved as well as the extent of movement on the part of thetraveling board and will now proceed to describe the same. Thesaidtraveling board 5 is provided on its lower face with a toothed rack16, extending the full length of the board, the

teeth of which project to the rear. Mounted upon the bed or frame 1 is asliding rod 17, situated just below the toothed rack and provided at itsforward end, which is below the knife, with a spring-actuated pawl 18.The said sliding rod 17 is provided with a lateral extension 19, thatextends through the longitudinal slot 2O in one side piece 2 of the bed.The lateral extension 19 is provided with an upright projection 21 juston the outside of the side pieces 2, that is provided at its upper endwith a guide or loop 22. Mounted upon the outer face of one of the sidepieces 2 is a longitudinal adjusting-rod IOO 23, that extends throughthe eye or loop 22 of said upright and is held rigidly in place by theend brackets 24. This rod 23 is screwthreaded and is provided with anadjustingnut 25, between which and the rear bracket 24 the eye or loopof the upright is situated. In this wayit is seen that the extent towhich the said eye or loop can be moved, and consequently the movementon the part of the traveling board, is regulated by this adjusting-nut25.

Mounted upon the upright 6 on the near side of the machine is a plate26, that is practically a bell-crank lever and which is pivoted to saidupright by a pivot 27. One end of this plate is pivoted to a link 28,that is in turn pivotally connected at its rear end with the lateralextension 19 of the sliding rod 17. The pivotal connection between thelink 28 and the said lateral extension can be changed by reason of theplurality of openings 29 in said link, into any of which the end of thelateral extension can be inserted and is secured without fastening. Theother end of the plate 26 is slotted, as at 30, and engages a pivot 31upon the plate 32, that is rigidly secured on and in an adjustablemanner to the upright slide 33. This plate 32 and slide 33 are connectedtogether by means of the set-screw 34, that passesv through an uprightslot 35 in said slide. In this way it is seen that the relative positionof the plate 32 and slide 33 can be adjusted for regulating the upwardthrow of the lever 14. The slide 33 is also provided with an uprightguide 36, through which eX- tends the end of the operating-lever 14. Thesaid operating-lever 14 is adapted to come into contact with the upperend of the upright guide 36 and through the intermediacy of the plate32, plate 26, and link 28 to move the lateral extension 19, andconsequently the rod 17, toward the front of the machine when the leveris raised, although the movement of the lever in an opposite directionreverses the movement on the part of the devices referred to. It isunderstood, of course, that suitable devices must be provided to releasethe pawl 18 from the rack after the traveling board has reached thelimit of its movement, and for this purpose a sliding detent 37 ismounted in bearings upon the bed and transverse thereto. This slidingdetent 37 is provided with a tapering end 38 to engage the pawl, whilethe handle 39 thereof extends beyond the side pieces 2. By moving thisdetent inwardly the pawl 18 is retracted to allow the board to be movedback to its former position, after which the pawl is again released toengage the toothed rack.

In using this machine the adjusting-nut 25 is first turned to correspondto the length of the piece of candy to be out, while the adjustingVdevices for the `operating-lever are also arranged to allow the knifeto rise the requisite distance. Upon lifting the operating-lever it isseen that the knife is raised, and when said operating-lever strikes thetop'of the upright guide 36 the plate 26 is turned upon its pivot andcauses the link 28 to move forwardly and also carry the lateralextension and rod 17 in the same direction, thus carrying forward theboard 5 until the eye at the end of the upright 21 strikes theadjustingnut 25. Then the operating-lever is forced downwardly to causethe knife to pass through the candy, while at the Sametime saidoperating-lever strikes the extension upon the plate 26 and throws thelink 28 to the rear, and consequently the longitudinal rod 17, the

pawl 18 passing over the teeth, as is obvious.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cutting-machine, a traveling board provided on its lower facewith a toothed rack, in combination with a reciprocatory rod arrangedunderneath said board and provided on one end with a pivotedspring-actuated pawl for engaging said rack, a pivoted operating-leverand intermediate devices for actuating said rod, and a laterally-slidingdetent adapted to engage the said pawl and release it from the toothedrack, substantially as described.

2. In a cutting-machine, a traveling board, a reciprocatory rod formoving the same, an operating-lever, and a pivoted plate situated in thepath of said operating-lever and connected with said reciprocatory rod.

3. In a cutting-machine, a traveling board, a reciprocatory rod providedwith devices for engaging the same, a lateral extension upon said rod, alink adjustably connected with said lateral extension, anoperating-leverand a pivoted plate located in the path of said lever andconnected with said link to move lthe same backwardly and forwardly.

4. In a cutting-machine, a traveling board, a reciprocatory rod formoving the same, a knife-operating lever, a slide provided with a guideto receive said knife-operating lever, a plate pivoted to said slide andsituated in the path of said knife-operating lever, and connectionsbetween said plate and the reciprocatory rod to move the latter throughthe movement of the former.

5. In a cutting-machine, a traveling board, a reciprocatory rod formoving said board, a knife-operating lever,an upright slide having aguide to receive said knife-operating lever, a plate pivoted upon theframe of the machine having an adjustable pivotal connection with saidslide, and connected with said reciprocatory rod for moving the same.

6. In a cutting-machine, a frame provided with uprights, a knife slidingin said uprights, an operating-lever having one end situated in the slotof one of said uprights, an antifriction roller situated above saidoperatinglever, alever pivoted to said knife and to said operating-leverand having its ends situated withinaslot in the other upright, and anan- IOO IIO

tifriction-roller situated within said slot and tions between said leverand the traveling above said lever. board for moving the latter.

7. In a cutting-machine, a movable knife, In testimony whereof I havesigned this a knife-operating lever, a lever pivoted tothe specificationin the presence of two subscrib- 5 frame of the machine, aslide having aguide ing witnesses.

to receive said operating-lever, a slot in said slide, a plate adjustably secured to said slide EDWIN F' GOULD' by means of anadjusting-serew extending `Witnesses: through said slot, a pivotalconnection be- HENRY R. TAYLOR, 1o tween said lever and said plate, andconneo- I. P. LENGFELLOW.

